παστά

See also: πάστα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pas.tá/ → /pasˈta/ → /pasˈta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pas.tá/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pasˈta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pasˈta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pasˈta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pasˈta/

Noun

παστά • (pastá) n pl (genitive παστῶν); second declension

1. barley porridge

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ παστᾰ́; τῶν παστῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ παστᾰ́ tà pastá
Genitive	τῶν παστῶν tôn pastôn
Dative	τοῖς παστοῖς toîs pastoîs
Accusative	τᾰ̀ παστᾰ́ tà pastá
Vocative	παστᾰ́ pastá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Late Latin: pasta (see there for further descendants)

Adjective

παστά • (pastá)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of παστός (pastós)

Further reading

• παστά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “παστά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press